Sweden (Connomia)
Sweden (Swedish: Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway in the west and north, Finland in the east, and connects to Denmark from the southwest by the Öresund Bridge, a Road-rail bridge which goes across the Öresund Strait. The land area of Sweden encompasses 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), which means that Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe. Stockholm is the nation's capital city. Sweden has a total population of 10.1 million, of which 1 million have a foreign background. The number of citizens of foreign background has been dropping as a result of many immigrants emigrating to other countries, this is known as the Emigration Crisis. It has a low population density of 24 inhabitants per square kilometre (62/sq mi), with 1,435 persons per km2 in localities. 87% of Swedes live in urban areas, which cover 1.5% of the entire land area. The highest concentration of people is found in the central and southern half of the country.
Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige | |
|---|---|
| Motto: (royal) "För Sverige – i tiden" "For Sweden - With the times" | |
| Anthem: Du gamla, Du fria | |
| Capital and largest city | Stockholm 59°21'N 18°4'E |
| Official languages | Swedish |
| Recognised national languages | Finnish • Meänkieli • Sami • Romani • Yiddish |
| Ethnic groups (2021) | 89.9% Swedish 7.4% European 1.3% Indo-Aryan 0.6% American 0.8% Other Superethnos |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
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[size=100][color=#0645AD]Germanic peoples[/color] have inhabited Sweden since [color=#0645AD]prehistoric times[/color], emerging into history as the [color=#0645AD]Geats[/color] (Swedish Götar) and [color=#0645AD]Swedes[/color] (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the [color=#0645AD]Norsemen[/color]. An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the [color=#0B0080]Black Death[/color] in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the [color=#0645AD]Scandinavian[/color] population,[color=#0645AD][sup][23][24][/color][/sup] the [color=#0B0080]Hanseatic League[/color] threatened Scandinavia's culture, finances and languages. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian [color=#0645AD]Kalmar Union[/color] in 1397,[color=#0645AD][sup][25][/sup][/color] which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the [color=#0645AD]Thirty Years War[/color] on the Reformist side, an expansion of its territories began and eventually the [color=#0645AD]Swedish Empire[/color] was formed. This became one of the [color=#0645AD]great powers[/color] of Europe until the early 18th century. Swedish territories outside the [color=#0645AD]Scandinavian Peninsula[/color] were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by [color=#0B0080]Russia[/color] in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Norway was militarily forced into a [color=#0645AD]personal union[/color], which [color=#0645AD]peacefully dissolved[/color] in 1905. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, maintaining an official policy of [color=#0645AD]neutrality[/color] in foreign affairs.[color=#0645AD][sup][26][/color][/sup] In 2014, Sweden celebrated 200 years of peace, breaking even [color=#0645AD]Switzerland[/color]'s record for peace.[color=#0645AD][sup][27][/sup][/color] Sweden was formally neutral through both world wars and the [color=#0645AD]Cold War[/color], albeit Sweden has been a [color=#0B0080]NATO[/color] member since 2010.[/size]
[size=100]Sweden is a [color=#0645AD]constitutional monarchy[/color] and a [color=#0645AD]parliamentary democracy[/color], with [color=#0645AD]legislative power[/color] vested in the 349-member [color=#0645AD]unicameral[/color] [color=#0B0080][i]Riksdag.[/i][/color] It is a [color=#0B0080]unitary state[/color], currently divided into [color=#0645AD]21 counties[/color] and [color=#0645AD]290 municipalities[/color]. Sweden maintains a [color=#0645AD]Nordic social welfare system [/color]that provides [color=#0645AD]universal health care[/color] and [color=#0645AD]tertiary education[/color] for its citizens. It has the [color=#0645AD]world's twelfth-highest per capita income[/color] and ranks very highly in [color=#0645AD]quality of life[/color], health, [color=#0645AD]education[/color], protection of [color=#0645AD]civil liberties[/color], economic competitiveness, [color=#0645AD]income equality[/color], [color=#0645AD]prosperity[/color] and [color=#0645AD]human development[/color].[color=#0645AD][sup][28][29][30][/sup][/color] There have been accusations of [color=#0645AD]human rights[/color] violations regarding the [color=#0B0080]current government[/color]'s views on [color=#0B0080]race[/color] and [color=#0B0080]immigration[/color].[color=#0645AD][sup][31][32][33][/sup][/color] However, none of them have been proven to be true. Sweden joined the European Union on 1 January 1995 and became a NATO member on 1 June 2010. It however denied becoming a [color=#0B0080]Eurozone[/color] member following a [color=#0645AD]referendum[/color]. It is also a member of the [color=#0B0080]United Nations[/color], the [color=#0645AD]Nordic Council[/color], the [color=#0645AD]Council of Europe[/color], the [color=#0645AD]World Trade Organization[/color] and the [color=#0645AD]Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development[/color] (OECD).[/size]